Word: strike
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brown stressed that the U.S. has a strong second-strike capability in the event of a Soviet attack and, intriguingly, a strong ability to survive such an attack in the first place. Earlier in the week, Carter appeared to reverse a decade-old U.S. nuclear policy by placing new emphasis on civil defense, which has been thoroughly neglected since the bomb-shelter days of the 1960s. The President ordered all civil defense preparations brought under a new government body, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The move would upgrade preparedness to protect the civilian population in a nuclear attack; the Soviets...
...Soviet espionage agent in the United States." Youngdahl threw out several Government indictments against Lattimore, refused to withdraw from the case when a U.S. Attorney accused him of prejudice. Seethed Youngdahl: "Under my oath to preserve sacred constitutional principles, I can properly do no less than to strike the [Government] affidavit as scandalous...
...talks become deadlocked, the mailmen may strike next month. That would be illegal, but the Postal Service is so worried that it has drawn up crisis plans to have important mail such as Social Security checks sorted and delivered by the military, including the ROTC. There is also a somewhat remote possibility of a railway strike early this autumn if a new contract cannot be achieved by the time the federal mediation period expires...
...direct landings abroad. Late last week, pressure from a federal court persuaded controllers to end the slowdown, at least temporarily, but the issue of free flights remains unresolved. Also, in many of the Midwest and Northern Pacific states, the air snarl has been aggravated by a pilots' strike at Northwest, which struggled to keep some flights aloft by using management crews...
...hailed Bethlehem's action as a "major breakthrough" and an example of "good corporate citizenship," its effect on inflation is likely to be largely symbolic. For one thing, the projected 3% increase comes on top of an April increase of 1.1% to offset the cost of the coal-strike settlement, and an earlier, 5.5% rise in February. Even if the company abides by its pledge, its 1978 price increases will still total more than the industry's 8.5% average in both 1976 and 1977. Meanwhile, the nation's three other largest steelmakers-U.S. Steel, Republic...